Akalabeth: World of Doom | Apple II Playthrough | RadRedRooster

Welcome to my playthrough of Akalabeth: World of Doom for the Apple II (A2 for short).

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– VIDEO INTRODUCTION –

This playthrough shows:

• a full run as a mage on the hardest difficulty level (10).

Beating the game on difficulty level (or "level of play") 10 results in the best ending – [as seen at 49:53].

The timestamps for specific parts can be found at the bottom of the video description box.


– GAME OVERVIEW –

Akalabeth: World of Doom for the Apple II is a computer role-playing game (CRPG). It was developed by Richard Garriott and published by California Pacific. The game was released in 1980.

• Richard Garriott (aka "Lord British") created Akalabeth: World of Doom as a teenage hobby project while still in high school, using Applesoft BASIC.
◦ Garriott is the sole author of the game, with the exception of the title artwork by neighborhood friend Keith Zabalaoui. Other friends – and regular Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) partners – provided playtesting.

• In Akalabeth: World of Doom, the player receives quests from Lord British to kill a variety of increasingly difficult monsters.
◦ The final task is to kill a Balrog – the demonic monster from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

• Akalabeth: World of Doom is considered to be the first published role-playing game.
◦ It serves as a precursor to Ultima (1981) – which launched the illustrious career of Richard Garriott – and was officially renamed Ultima 0: Akalabeth in Origin's 1997 Ultima Collection compilation for Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS).

• The port of Akalabeth: World of Doom from the Ultima Collection was programmed by Ultima fan Corey Roth.
◦ This version adds color graphics, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) music and the ability to save the game in progress.

Reference(s):

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akalabe...] – (English) Wikipedia


– TIMESTAMPS –

[00:00] – Opening
[03:21] – Character Creation
[04:10] – Finding the Castle of Lord British
[05:31] – Quest to Kill a Gremlin
[25:03] – Quest to Kill a Mimic
[35:20] – Quest to Kill a Daemon
[42:03] – Quest to Kill a Balrog
[49:53] – Ending


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